Good Quality tourmaline crystal sphere Crystal - 14.26×14.26×44.8 cm - 4020 g

Beautiful polished tourmaline rock crystal from Brazil transparent perfectly round Although tourmaline was already known in the Mediterranean in ancient history, it was imported into Western Europe by Dutchmen from Sri Lanka as recently as 1703. They named the new gemstone ‘Turmali’ a Sinhalese word that means ‘stone with mixed colours’. Traditionally, rubellites were used as gemstones - they were used by artists as talismans because they were thought to increase the creative capacity of artists. Will be sent by registered and insured mail.